Barriers and facilitators to care for the terminally ill: A cross-country case comparison study of Canada, England, Germany, and the United States

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-120

  Klinger, Christopher A ^a,b   Howell, Doris ^c,d   Zakus, David ^e   Deber, Raisa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; England; Germany; Health policy; palliative care; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNDING; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC OPINION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892752330     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313493342     Document Type: Article

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